Here in the U.S., right-wing Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado met with President Trump at the White House Thursday, where Machado said she gave her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump. The pair posed for a photo in the Oval Office, with Trump smiling as he displayed the medal in a large golden frame. Trump called the transfer “a wonderful gesture of mutual respect.” In response, the Nobel Peace Center wrote on social media, “A medal can change owners, but the title of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate cannot.” The Washington Post previously reported that President Trump was not willing to support Machado because she accepted the peace prize. A source told the Post, “If she had turned it down and said, 'I can't accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today.”










